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Refund4Freedom campaign advocates for consumers to get refunds for pre-installed Windows licenses on laptops, outlining demands and steps for requesting refunds from manufacturers.

This article presents a manifesto reflecting on the history and importance of webmasters, advocating for their role in the modern indie web.

Bike Bureau is a tool that lets cyclists quickly report bike lane obstructions by taking a photo, reading the plate, adding location, and submitting an anonymized report to a public map and city officials.

MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to advocate for federal science funding, meeting with 62 congressional offices as part of the annual Congressional Visit Days program.

Elon Musk highlights overwhelming support for open source, quoting Mark Zuckerberg's endorsement of open source as a positive force for empowering people and preventing centralization.

David Siegel argues that governments, companies, and nonprofits should invest in free and open source AI, highlighting the benefits of open models over proprietary ones.

A petition to protect local AI has gathered 323 signatures in 12 hours; the author urges support to reach 10,000 signatures to demonstrate public concern.

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue criticizes tech leaders like Palantir's Alex Karp for advocating American open-source AI models without contributing open-source models or datasets themselves.

This paper demonstrates that a small coordinated Wikipedia editing campaign can measurably shape how language models handle topics, using animal welfare as a case study.

California AB 2047 would require 3D printers sold in the state to include a government-certified detection algorithm, effectively banning them from schools, libraries, and small businesses. The 3D printing industry strongly opposes the bill, arguing the required technology is impossible and would violate the First Amendment.

MIT alumni and friends are urged to support the institute's mission of advancing scientific leadership, merit-based admissions, and affordable education to boost US health, security, and prosperity.

Three Amazon workers allege they are under internal investigation for publicly advocating for data center regulations, claiming retaliation for protected political speech.

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue announces plans to visit Washington DC to discuss open-source AI, transparency, and power concentration with policymakers.

The LLVM Foundation has released a statement advocating for open access to standards documents, aiming to increase transparency and community involvement.